Emergency Response to Emerging Infections by M. Niescierenko, J. Palfrey | OPENPediatrics

In this Global Health World Shared Practice Forum, Dr. Michelle Niescierenko discusses approaches to responding to emerging infections in developing nations. She shares her experience in responding to the Ebola outbreak in 2014, and how her team worked with Liberian hospitals to teach and disseminate best practices on infection control. She describes the successes and challenges in managing the Ebola outbreak, and how she partnered with the CDC, the WHO, and Liberian Ministry of Health to implement a structured response system to manage the spread of the Ebola virus. Following this discussion, participants will be able to: - Describe the origins of Ebola and its spread to surrounding areas - Identify specific challenges in responding to emerging infections in a remote region - Explain how best medical practices in infection control were taught, disseminated and sustained in hospitals throughout Liberia Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu